bumblebees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:45:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i2.wp.com/www.keepingbackyardbees.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/favicon.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 bumblebees – Keeping Backyard Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com 32 32 Identifying Different Types of Bees https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/#respond Mon, 30 Mar 2020 19:41:18 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=5173 With over 4,000 species of native bees in North America, many people understandably have trouble identifying one from the other. What’s more, curious naturalists often mistake other types of pollinators for bees. It’s easy to confuse a fly or a wasp with a bee because they all share similar coloring and markings. So, how can […]

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]]> https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/identifying-different-types-of-bees-zbwz2003zsau/feed/ 0 Creating a Bumblebee Nest https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/creating-a-bumblebee-nest-zbwz1902zsau/ https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/creating-a-bumblebee-nest-zbwz1902zsau/#comments Mon, 25 Feb 2019 23:15:03 +0000 https://www.keepingbackyardbees.com/?p=4298 The importance of bumblebees as agricultural pollinators can’t be overstated. Unlike honey bees, they are able to forage in cold, rainy, and cloudy conditions, so it is possible to see them in all kinds of weather. Even on a cold morning you can find a bumblebee sleeping inside a flower blossom waiting for some warmth […]

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